Senior Solicitor — Public Law & Environmental Regulation

Environmental Protection Authority NZ; Wellington; Hybride; NZD 107 000 - 160 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid work flexibility

Extra leave days around Christmas

Home-office setup allowance

EPA Environment Day

Learning opportunities

Māori capability program

Awards program

Résumé du poste

Environmental Protection Authority NZ in Wellington seeks a Senior Solicitor with at least 5 years PQE to join our Legal Group. You’ll provide timely, solution-focused advice on public law, litigation, and commercial matters, working in a collegiate team to protect NZ’s environment.

We offer hybrid work arrangements, a collaborative culture, and opportunities to influence regulatory decisions across Crown entities issues, procurement, and statutory interpretation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience PQE as a lawyer.
• Senior level experience advising on matters relating to public law, litigation and commercial.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to provide accurate, timely, practical, solutions-focused legal advice.
• Ability to proactively identify, and appropriately communicate and manage, legal risks for the EPA.
• Strong problem-solving skills including the ability to think laterally and apply knowledge to multifaceted scenarios.
• High level of communication and influencing skills with good relationship management.
• Litigation – including conducting court proceedings and prosecutions.
• Settlement and litigation-risk assessment.
• Public-law decision-making and statutory interpretation.
• Advising operational regulators.

Responsabilités

• Provide high-level timely, accurate and solution-focused legal advice on issues arising from EPA’s statutory functions.
• Advise on broad public law issues including Crown Entities Act, compliance, litigation and procurement.
• Assist with judicial review and statutory appeal proceedings, prosecutions, investigations and regulatory enforcement.

Connaissances

Senior lawyer

Public law

Litigation

Commercial law

Risk management

Communication

Description du poste

Environmental Protection Authority NZ in Wellington seeks a Senior Solicitor with at least 5 years PQE to join our Legal Group. You’ll provide timely, solution-focused advice on public law, litigation, and commercial matters, working in a collegiate team to protect NZ’s environment.

We offer hybrid work arrangements, a collaborative culture, and opportunities to influence regulatory decisions across Crown entities issues, procurement, and statutory interpretation.